Conveyer.



H. T. CLARK.

GONVEYER. APPLIUATION FILED Mwz, 1912.

Famed Mar. 1"?, 19m

a cording to the HARRISON T. CLARK, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIOBNIA.

CONVEYER.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, HARRISON T. CLARK, a `citizen of the United States, residin the city and vcounty of San Francisco, tate of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description ofl the saine, such as 4will enable others skilled in the artto which 'conveyer will count out a given number ot articles by means of tilting distributing paddles and then present a-clear conveying surface ready-or-receiving a similar number of articles'. and again distributing -them acp-redetermined number, the entire operation being designed to be performed automatically and in a quick, ready and eihcient manner.

A further object of the` invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which willbe exceedingly eiiective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure andrelative arrangement of. the parts as Will fully appearby a perusal` of the following speciiication and claims.

On the drawings similar characters of refc erence'indicate corresponding parts in the 3 is a detached View showing/a several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation-of the comi plete devye4 showing the same `with the clear conv jing surface ready for receiving the articles to be distributed. In this view the same is shown as with one of the side plates of a guiding chute for the conveyer removed in order that the entire structure of the device may be readily seen, Also the view shows the structure partly broken out to show the overlapping paddles. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the device showing the distributing paddles in tilted position. Fig.

releasing mechanism.. Fig. i is a detachedview Specification of Letters Patent. Application fiiled may 25, 1912; Serial No. 699,657.

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of'apaddle showing a spring tension mechani-sm.

`Referring now more characters of reference onV the drawings,'l iii-st provide a suitable guiding chute (not shown) having lower side boards 2 disposed on whichin equal spaced relation are small Journals 3. Disposed in each of said journals 3 is a small pin or shaft 4f and secured 'to each of said shafts t andv projecting between the side boards 2 are paddles comprising an upper flat platform 5 having an offset shoulder 6 at its lower end from which projects another flat platform 7. In practice when the platforms are set together the platforms 5y abut against the' shoulders 6 and hence in the normal flat condition of' the conveyer, the platforms? project underc neath the platforms 5 and the platforms 5 presen-t on their upper sides a continuous vflat and unbroken surface as aconveyer or runway. Further 4since the. end of one paddle abuts against the shoulder 6 immediately adjacentthe journal point of the next paddle, this locks the second paddle against tilting as is apparentluntil the said first paddle is tilted which then releases the other paddle to be tilted and so ou for each successive paddle, all for a purpose a's will appear.

wardly projecting cranks 8 on one end connected with which are springs 9 fastened independently on the side boards 2 as at 10, the acti'onof which springs holds the paddles 5--6--7 in their normal closed position presentinfgthe uninterrupted fiat surface' asciescri'be `On\the other ends of theinembers L are similar cranks 1lwhich normally lie about parallel with the members 5.A

Projecting upwardly' from each endy of the conveyer is a the upper end of which isa 'rodi 13 carrying a small plate or bar 14 pivoted on which' are a plurality of catches 15 limited in their backward movement by pins 16.

In practice when the conveyor is in position the paddle member at the entire conveyer has the platform 7 projecting clear without any other member over it, and'hence'as the art-icletd be distributed carries down the platform it will' strike this projecting platform 7, tilt the entire paddle on its pivotal point 4 which will cause the projecting crank 11 to engi-Lge one 'of the catches 15 and hold the paddle-intilted position7 the article sliding oli of theplatform particularly to the y In practice the pins 4 have 'down-- post 1'2 turnably journaledin4 dit mit

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and upon an apron or other conveyingun which will carry .it to any point desired. 'lhis operation releases the neat paddle .trom its locked p. tion as lierelt "\re set 4rorth and lea ce the plattform, 7 clear, hence the next article moving do vnwardly Will strike the platform if.' of that `paddle and 'tilt such paddle and this operation. 'will be repcalcd for as many 'limes as there are ticles to bc distributed.

lfhc first one of the paddles which would the uppern'iost oneY is not provided witl'i a platter-iin 5 but the platform 7 is journaled directly to its bearing and than a runway leads 'to the same, the overlapiiing platform abutting norn'ially flush with said runway.

" but is proed. with a. straight projecting rod il whic l when this last member T is tilted ci the member le into the path of said pin f il?. This operation then swings the inemlll outward, releases all the catches l5 from the pins ll and then the springs l) pull all the paddles back into normal closed position. ready for distributing another number oil articles. Each. ol the members 5 at its out-er end is provided with a pin 5 adapted to impinge on the top edge of the side board 2 to `prevent such member 5 from ,having1 a tendency to tilt the wrong way and render an uneven surface between it. and its adjacent member ln order to prevent the bar 1l from swinging on its pivotal noint which would release the members li. from thel cati-.hes l5 prematurely l provide projecting shoulders 18 on the posts l2 against which inner edge of the member lll projects and is held in frictional contact therewith'by means ot springs 19 secured to the posts l2 and virojccting over the side of said member le.

W'lule my improved distributing conveyer is adapted for use Whenever found desirable, still I have particularly designed it :for usel in bakeries for distrilontin5A bal s of dough from 'the rounder to the prooin-g conveyer where it nec ssary to distribute in seriesof e, (i or more where found desirable. At the present time tl'icse balls dough which come iroln the rounder are lifting into the pic-'Joling conveyer by hand, but by the use ol" my improved distribatingw conveyor they may .cave the rounder and passidircctly upon my conveyor which will distribute thcm in any desired nun'ilicr upon any desired apron or other izonvoyer which will lead them to the prooling conveyer as 1vill readily besse llll'iile have shown a parti: form of catch for the paddles and a particular form of resilient means for ret-urnii'ig them to exact position, still in practice many and ylocked position varient-i forms will be found just as adaptable and hence l have merely shown one complete lortu of the entire combination in `this application, since the main feature oli the device is the tilt-ing,- paddles and the other details' are merely incidental elements thereto in order to malto an operative device.

liront the foregoing description it vvillbe readily seen that l have produced .such a device as .substantially iullils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

lllhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and Ineferred construction ol the device, still in practico such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not l'orm a departure from the spiit of the invention.

Having this described my invention what l claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. EL device of the character described. (,:oinprising a plurality oi paddles journale l at points intermediate their ends, cach pad.- dle interlocking with itsadjacent paddle in such a marmer as to prevent any one of said paddles from tilting until the preceding paddle has tilted, each o said paddles be# ing free to tilt on its journaled point inde pendcntly of its preceding paddle as soon as its preceding paddle is tilted, as described. l

E2, A device of the character described comprising a plurality ol paddles journaled at 1points intermediate their ends, cach pad,- dle interlocking with its adjacent paddle inmediately adjacent :its journal/ed point whereby each paddle acts as a lock against (he iinflepcndent tilting' oit its adjacent paddle until it is tilted, as described.

3. ,il device of the character described comprising a plurality of paddles journaled at points intermediate their ends, cach ot' said paddlcs inerlockiugjY with its adjacent paddle at a point immediately adjacent its journalct'l point whereby one of .said padclics cannot tilt until its preceding paddlehas lirst tilted, all of said paddles when in forming a smooth uninterrupted surface, as described. 4.1i deviceo-E the character described coinlnising a. plurality of paddles `iourualed at points intermediate their ends, each paddle being` provided with a shoulder-immediately adiacent its journal point, those portions olf` tue paddles on opposite sides ci. .said shoulder being in different horizontal blancs, each paddle overlappingvits adjen cent paddle and abutting against said shoulder 'whereby each paddle acts as a 4iocit against :independent tilting of its adjacent paddle until it is tilted, as described.

5. l device of the character described comprising` the combination of .a liutrun` ny, ci? a plurality'o paddles pivotally llo nien 'i iii siicessivo orale?, a bei' pivotalply iiioim :1to spaced distance from said paddles, e, plurality of depending stop members" im said bnrE means on each pzidle .for engaging one o szid stop .members 'and meins on one of said paddles for engaging i d liiii to move it on its pivotal point to release said .st-0p menibeis from vthe e11gaging is mi said padella, as described.

5. A ffievioe of the character described. oiiipiisiiig a plmziliy of paddles disposed we oi'clel forming a smooth url di surface, each of'said paddles being journalecl intermediate its ends, a projecting pin on the side 0i each paddle, such pin being disposed at Substantially right angles to said paddle, r'wcatch adapted to engageeaeh pin, and meansfoi' releasing said pin from sadcateh,` as` described.i

In testimony Wheieof I ax my signature in presence 0i two Witnesses.

HAiiRisoii T. CLARK.

Witnesses: i

M. E. DARTNELL,

D. E. ALEXANDER. 

